Chapter 217 Kelly’s Final Chance
“Wake up.”
It was unknown how much time had passed.
Kelly stirred awake in a groggy haze.
Her face was deathly pale and her forehead burning with fever.
She resolved to gamble one last time.
Cecil frowned, pressing a hand to her forehead. “Why are you this feverish?”
“This woman is too fragile,” the subordinate beside him muttered guiltily.
Cecil shot him an icy glare. “She’s pregnant. Did you have to beat her to death?”
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Kelly erupted into violent coughs, her face worsening as she weakly clutched Cecil’s clothes. “My stomach… it hurts… please …”
Kelly secretly bit her tongue, coughing more intensely, and then spat out blood.
“It might be a broken rib,” a young girl stammered fearfully.
Cecil’s expression darkened.
None of them had medical expertise. The organization led by Lucas had doctors before and Kelly’s team was in charge of medical care for the first five years. Later, they captured a few foreign doctors. But now fleeing for their lives, they lacked even basic medical resources.
But if a rib was broken and pierced her lung, everyone knew Kelly wouldn’t live long, especially since she was pregnant.
Kelly was gambling that Cecil couldn’t afford letting her die.
Her growing belly made it harder to move, forcing her to come up with new escape plans.
She needed to go to a place with medical facilities, where she could somehow contact Gary.
If Gary learned she was still alive, he might try to find her.
There would be a chance of rescue.
“Cough, cough, cough…” Kelly coughing intensified.
She bet that Cecil neither had the courage nor the desire to kill her.
During their time under Lucas, Cecil and Zev had clashed only once over her …
Cecil had nearly died from severe injuries until Kelly saved him.
Kelly suspected that Cecil had ulterior motives. Even if it wasn’t love, it was some kind of possessiveness.
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“Kelly, do you want to live? Cecil finally broke the silence, studying her under flickering firelight.
Kelly’s vision swam as she nodded weakly. “I want to live
Having survived five years under Lucas, she’d cling to any shred of hope.
Though Lucas was dead, Beau remained at large.
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Cecil fell silent again.
He did not answer Kelly.
Kelly curled into herself, coughing until consciousness slipped away.
She clutched her stomach, feeling dizzy, and drifted into sleep.
All she could do was pray that some shred of humanity remained in Cecil.
“Take her to a hospital…the young girl pleaded through tears.
Cecil did not respond.
Time blurred until Kelly awoke to jostling movement.
“I can’t treat this, she’s pregnant! Broken ribs require hospital care.”
“Save her. If she dies, you die.”
Cecil was threatening a makeshift medic from Drakonia who had came from Oasisvale. It was a man who ran a small shop selling medicine and occasionally treated minor injuries, colds, and other small ailments.
Kelly slowly opened her eyes, waiting for Cecil to step out smoking. Then, she grabbed the man’s sleeve. “If you don’t want to die, give me your phone. If you refuse, I’ll kill myself. And if I die, Cecil will kill you.”
The man’s frail body stiffened. He looked at Kelly in panic, about to call for help.
“I promise, you won’t get involved in this,” Kelly said urgently.
After a moment of hesitation, the man handed over his phone, trembling.
Kelly frantically took the phone and sent a message to Gary.
She could only hope he would find her.
“Tell Cecil my ribs are broken and that you’ve done a simple reposition. I need to rest tonight and can’t be moved,” Kelly whispered, warning the doctor.
The doctor nodded nervously and went out to discuss the matter with Cecil.
Surprisingly, Cecil agreed.
Kelly let out a sigh of relief and spent the entire night praying that Gary’s people would find this place and discover her …
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Gary’s men never showed up. The next morning, Cecil took her away.
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On the road, Cecil ordered the driver to go slowly to avoid jostling her. Yet despite this, Kelly felt nothing
but despair.
She no longer held onto hope…
She was once again completely consumed by darkness.
It felt like she had returned to five years ago, struggling painfully in the shadows.
No one would save her from this abyss.
A full week passed without any sign of rescue.
Kelly had sunk into despair.
She often sat in a daze, no longer speaking as if she had reverted to her mute state.
Occasionally, Cecil would lose his temper and force her to speak.
She would only utter a few words reluctantly.
“Eat.” Cecil had settled in a small village, planning to stay for a while and seek refuge with Daniel, Lucas’s rival.
Daniel’s group was an armed organization, just as ruthless and dangerous as Lucas’s.
Kelly knew that once she entered Daniel’s territory, she would truly have no chance of escape.
Cecil seemed aware of this too, which was why he deliberately lingered on the outskirts of Daniel’s stronghold.
“Kelly, do you want to go back?” Cecil, for some reason, sat down beside her.
“I know your ribs aren’t broken. After all these years of surviving in the trenches, I can tell what broken ribs look like.” Experience had made him a quasi–doctor, people like him lived by the gun and the knife.
Kelly frowned, looking at Cecil with both wariness and fear.
He always smoked away from her, perhaps out of some small shred of conscience, knowing she was
pregnant.
“I’ll give you one chance. Call Zev. If he comes for you, I’ll let you go.”
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